Joseph Sheehan '23

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Joseph Thomas Sheehan

Worcester, Massachusetts

"Shorty" "Midget"

SHORT breezed into our midst from the heart of the Commonwealth on June 29th, 1919, the same diminutive, excitable, impulsive thunderbolt that he is today. As an Under Classman he successfully defied all attempts of pituitrin thyroid to make him grow and of the Upper Classmen to make him reform. Old Erin has no rooter more enthusiastic than Shorty, "What do those fellows over there want anyhow?" never fails to explode the fireworks.

Under the old regime his habits were model. Neither Lady Nicotine, Lady Luck nor any other lady meant anything to him; but with the coming of the new regs Shorty fell for the Bearded Lady hard, and from the looks of the mails, also for some other lady—Carleton Roof? Commodore? Qui sait?:

Once upon a time way back in the misty months of Plebe year the heavens fell and Shorty frapped the bush. We treasure the record as a gem of history, for those who stand above him Academically are few indeed.

Sub Squad (4, 3, 2).

Joseph Thomas Sheehan

Worcester, Massachusetts

"Shorty" "Midget"

SHORT breezed into our midst from the heart of the Commonwealth on June 29th, 1919, the same diminutive, excitable, impulsive thunderbolt that he is today. As an Under Classman he successfully defied all attempts of pituitrin thyroid to make him grow and of the Upper Classmen to make him reform. Old Erin has no rooter more enthusiastic than Shorty, "What do those fellows over there want anyhow?" never fails to explode the fireworks.

Under the old regime his habits were model. Neither Lady Nicotine, Lady Luck nor any other lady meant anything to him; but with the coming of the new regs Shorty fell for the Bearded Lady hard, and from the looks of the mails, also for some other lady—Carleton Roof? Commodore? Qui sait?:

Once upon a time way back in the misty months of Plebe year the heavens fell and Shorty frapped the bush. We treasure the record as a gem of history, for those who stand above him Academically are few indeed.

Sub Squad (4, 3, 2).

Loss

Joseph, left, with his commanding officer (William Ware) on the bridge of USS O-3. February 4, 1930.

HONOLULU - December 27, 1934 - Lieutenant Joseph Thomas Sheehan, U.S.N., attached to the USS Beaver, was found dead here today with his throat slashed. The police said it apparently was a case of suicide.

A real estate man found the body in a vacant house next door to Lieuenant Sheehan's residence. Mrs. Sheehan identified the body as that of her husband. Naval authorities began an investigation.

He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery; he was survived by his wife, parents, and five siblings.